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NEWS: Bloomberg: Sega to Release Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi Reboots




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MarshalBanana



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 1:10 pm Reply with quote
That's nice, I just hope they will be on more systems than just Xbox.
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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 1:21 pm Reply with quote
I'm glad to hear that SEGA is investing in their old IP's.

I hope Sonic Frontiers is good.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 1:34 pm Reply with quote
Never played Jet Set Radio but I did play Crazy Taxi in the arcades. SEGA has a lot of IPs which they never brought back, I'd like to see a remake of the first four Phantasy Star games.
Now, I've heard that these reboots are part of a "Super Game" project that SEGA of Japan has mentioned a couple of years ago, but it seems like they're are aiming for the Fortnite crowd and that they're going to be free-to-play with microtransactions. Not to mention there were some rumors that SEGA of Japan is interested in the NFT business. That doesn't sound so good
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MarshalBanana



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 2:18 pm Reply with quote
Silver Kirin wrote:
Never played Jet Set Radio but I did play Crazy Taxi in the arcades. SEGA has a lot of IPs which they never brought back, I'd like to see a remake of the first four Phantasy Star games.
They did remake Phantasy Star 1
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 2:23 pm Reply with quote
With a big budget, maybe they can bring back all the dead brands from Crazy Taxi’s ubiquitous product placement. Hold a launch event in a refurbished Tower Records, for example. Get the Offspring to perform, of course.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 3:20 pm Reply with quote
MarshalBanana wrote:
Silver Kirin wrote:
Never played Jet Set Radio but I did play Crazy Taxi in the arcades. SEGA has a lot of IPs which they never brought back, I'd like to see a remake of the first four Phantasy Star games.
They did remake Phantasy Star 1


And Phantasy Star II, as well. III & IV remakes were also planned, but cancelled due to poor sales of the first two, I believe.
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johnnysasaki



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 7:22 pm Reply with quote
Sega is on a roll.Guess reviving Streets of Rage,Monster World(or Wonder boy...or Monster Boy...I can't keep track of the names.),Alex Kidd,Panzer Dragoon and House of The Dead are paying off.
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maric



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 8:27 pm Reply with quote
Interesting that they're doing this now after Bomb Rush Cyberfunk has already gotten some traction. It's gonna be funny if the "big budget" reboot ends up being worse lol
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gsilver



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 8:01 am Reply with quote
The monetization on these makes this a monkey's paw wish at best.

I wish that I could be excited about it, but the framework that they're building the games around seems really bad.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:53 pm Reply with quote
johnnysasaki wrote:
Sega is on a roll.Guess reviving Streets of Rage,Monster World(or Wonder boy...or Monster Boy...I can't keep track of the names.),Alex Kidd,Panzer Dragoon and House of The Dead are paying off.


Sega hasn’t had much involvement in these games outside of licensing them out.
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johnnysasaki



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 4:00 pm Reply with quote
BadNewsBlues wrote:
johnnysasaki wrote:
Sega is on a roll.Guess reviving Streets of Rage,Monster World(or Wonder boy...or Monster Boy...I can't keep track of the names.),Alex Kidd,Panzer Dragoon and House of The Dead are paying off.


Sega hasn’t had much involvement in these games outside of licensing them out.


I know,but in the end they are happening because Sega is letting them to.
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